
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to heavily armed, unmarked federal forces in unmarked vehicles grabbing protestors off the streets in Portland, Ore., on July 21, Senators Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., are helping introduce the bicameral Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America’s Streets Act.
The legislation would block the Trump administration from deploying federal law enforcement as a shadowy paramilitary against Americans, over the objections of state and local leaders. Udall and Heinrich are also cosponsoring the legislation as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
“Congress needs to take immediate action...